Policemen on October 20, 2025, fired teargas canisters at a BusinessDay TV media crew comprising Tony Ailemen, Tunde Adeniyi, Ladi Patrick-Okwoli, and Michael Godwin who were covering the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protests at the Central Business District in Abuja, shattering the windshield of their vehicle.
According to media reports, the BusinessDay media crew members were conducting a voice pop on the protest when the police fired teargas in their direction. The canister shattered the back windscreen of their vehicle, injuring the camera man, Tunde Adeniyi.
Witnesses said the journalists inside the vehicle would have suffocated if not for the quick intervention of commuters.
Meanwhile, one of BusinessDay’s journalists said they identified themselves as journalists, but the police still fired teargas in their direction, targeting their car, and they had to flee the scene.
